On The Natural History Of Destruction
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
On The Natural History Of Destruction
By (Author) W. G. Sebald
Translated by Anthea Bell
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Books Ltd
4th March 2004
4th March 2004
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Second World War
Modern warfare
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
News media and journalism
Warfare and defence
Social and cultural history
830.900914
Physical Properties
Paperback
224
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 14mm
163g
Description
In the last years of World War II, the Allies dropped a million bombs on Germany. Yet the German people have been silent about the resulting devestation and loss of life, failing to recognise the terrible shadow that destruction from the air cast over their land. Here W.G. Sebald asks why it is we turn our backs on the horrors of war, and in addressing our response to the past, offers insights into how we live now.
Author Bio
W. G. Sebald was born in Germany in 1944 and died in 2001. He is the author of The Emigrants, The Rings of Saturn, Vertigo, Austerlitz, After Nature, On the Natural History of Destruction, Unrecounted, Campo Santo and Silent Catastrophes among other publications.
